Wheel.



PATENT'ED JULY 24, 1906.

G. SHUGERS.

' WHEEL. APPLwAUfqiI FILED DE 0..6, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE SHUGERS', OF AUBURN, INDIANA.

WHEEL- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24,1906.

Application fil ed December 6, 1905. Serial No. 290.618.

Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wheels, of which the-follow ing is a specification.

My invention pertains to wheels provided with pneumatic and analogous tires, and more particularly to the rims of such wheels, and it contemplates the provision of a wheelrim constructed with a view of precluding casual displacement or disconnection of a tire, while permitting of the tire being readily laced and secured in position and as rea ily removed when desirhd, and this without entailing cutting or other impairment of the tire.

With the fore oing in mind the invention will be fully un erstood from the following descri tion and claims when .the same are consi ered in connection with the accom planying drawingls, forming part of this specication, in whic v Fi ure 1 is a sectional view of so much of a wheel as is necessary to illustrate the present and preferred embodiment of my invention,

' the same being shown with the tire in proper position relative to the rim and the fastener of the tire-clenching band in its 0 en position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation il ustrating the construction shown in Fig. 1 with the O View of the before-mentione fastener.

, rolled'steel, is shaped to describe a complete tire removed and the fastener of the tireclenching band in its closed osition.

Fi 3 is a detail side elevation il ustrative of ihe end portions of the clenching-band an'd'the a purtenances thereof. Fi 4 is a Ian 1 5 is a side elevation of the fastener, and Fig. 6 is an elevation-illustrating the side of the fastener op osite to that shown in Fig. 5.

' arts inall of the views erring to which A is a wheel-felly, which ma be of wood or other suitable material an of the construction shown or of any-other construction corn atible with the purpose of my invention, andlli'v is a rimbody which entirely surrounds andis referably'fixed with respect to the felly. n the preferred embodiment of my invention the said rim-body is made of of the drawlngs, re-

circle, and is provided at one side wit 1 an inturned retaining-flange aand at its.oppo

, Similar etters designate vcorresponding site side with a portion 1) of channel form in cross-section, as best shown in Fig. 1, in which is an opening 0 for-a urpose presently set forth. One wall d of t c said opening 0 has its corner rounded, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1, with a view of enabling the closure portion of the fastener to snugly fit the said wall'when the fastener is swung to its closed position.

O is a tire which may be of any suitable typeand construction without involving a departure from the scope of my invention.

I'prefer, however, to employ an ordinary pneumatic tirethat is to say, a tire comprisin an inflatable tube 6 and a cover f, a1- range over the inflatable tube and having ribs or enlargements g at its edges. The tire surrounds the rim-body B, and one of the ribs or enlar :ements g of its cover is disposed and held in t e flange a of the rim-body'after the manner illustrated at the left of Fig. 1.

D is the tire-clenching band of my improvement, which band is preferably of rolled steel and is split, as indicated by 'h. The

base 'i, of the band D is shaped to surround and rest in the channel portion Zr of the rim-' body B, while the outer portion of the band is turned inwardly to form a retaining-flange i, opposed to and adapted to cooperate with the flange c-of the rin1-bodyin securely holding the tire O against casual removal or displacement. immediately adjacent to its ends the band D is provided with lugs 7c, which are riveted, brazed, or otherwise fixed with respect thereto. These lugs 70 are provided with flanges or projections Z, and when the band is properly placed on the rim-body B the said lugs I: rest opposite the openings 0 m the channel portion 1) of the rim-body for a purpose which will be presently made clear.

On the inner side of its base and E is the fastener-t. 0., the device which m, designed to rest parallel to the folly of the wheel and serve as a convenient finger-piece an end portion n disposed at ri ht ang es to the body portion m and exten ing laterally inward from said body portion, Fig. 1, and

having the slightly-rounded end p; an arm 1',-

extending laterally inward from the portion rounded or beveled, as indicated bye, and a "m and having its edge nearest the portion 7 no p I iclosure portion t, disposed in the same plane as and extending outwardly from the body portion m. The portion is termed a clo- 1 sure portionbecause it serves when the in Figs. 1 and 4. The fastener E is pivoted fastener is swung to the position shown in Fig. 2 to occupy and close the opening 0 in the channel portion b of the body-rim B, and in order to enable the said portion t to more snugly fillthe openin i mentioned that edge of t e ortion t whic is presented to the roundef wall cl of the openin is concave, as ndicated. by 'u and shown y dotted lines at v to the inner side of the channel portion b of the rim-body B, and hence it will be apparent that when the fastener is'swung laterally-inward from the position shown in Fig. 1

and until it rests in the same vertical plane.

l band on one enlargement or rib g oi the tirecover f.

In the practical use -of my improvements the tire O is placed around the rim-body B,

'andone of the ribs or enlargements g of the tire-cover is placed in the retaining-flange a of the rim-body while the fasten-er E is inits open position and the clenching-b and D is in its expanded state. The other-ii'b'or enlargement g of the tire coveris then placed in the flange '5, of the band or pushed to its closed position. (Shown in Fig. 2.) Whenthe fastener E is manipulated as stated, its

ortions n and r, cooperating with the In s will obviously draw the ends of the band together andin that way tighten the bandupon one tire portion 9 and effect a strong and durable connection of the tire as a whole to the rim. It will also be apparent that when the fastener E is in its closed posi tion (shown in Fi 2) there is no liability of the fastener casua ly returning to its open position, and. consequently no liability of'the tire being accidentally released or disconnected from the rim. When, however, it is desirable for any purpose to take the tire C off the rim, the same may be quickly accomplished with but little effort after the fastener" E is swung to the open position. (Shown in Fig. 1.)

' In addition to the practical advantages which I have hereinbefore ascribed to m im provement it will be noticed that all of the parts of the rim are simple and inexpensive in oonstruction'and do not tend in any way to render a Wheel cumbersome or'unsightly in appearance.

I claim I c I 1, In a wheel-rim, the combination of a body, a tireclenching band having lugs adjacent to its ends, and 'a fastener carried lay-the body and cooperating with as shown in. Fig. Latter which the fastener E is swung see,e17

the band to draw the ends of theband toward each other and hold the said ends against movement away from each other.

,2. in a wheel-rim, the combination with a body having a retaining-flange at one side and a portion, "of channel fOIII1=-lI1.0IOSS-S60- tion, at its op osite side and also having an opening in said channel ortion; of a tire clenchingband Sl1IIO1lIld1llg and seated in the "channel portion of the body and having said opening in the channel portion of the body, and a fastener carried by the body and arr'an ed toengage the said lugs.

. -3. n a wheel-rim, the" combinationwith a body; of a tire-clenchingband havinglugs adjacentto its ends, and a fastener pivoted to the body and having portions arranged to draw the ends of said band toward each other. 4. In a wheel-rim, the combination with a and a portion, of channel form in cross-sec= tion, at its'opposite side, and also having an o ening in said channel portion; of a tirec enchingband surrounding and seated in the channel portion of the body and havin lugs adjacent to its ends disposed the-s'ai opening in the channel portion of the body, and a fastener pivoted to the body and havthe band and thereby draw the ends o the band toward each other and retain the band in its contracted state.

5. In a wheel-rim, the combinationof a body having an opening, a tire=clenching posed inthe opening in the body, and a fastener pivoted to the body and having por tions for'engaging' the lugs of-the band.

6. In a wheel rim, the combination with a body having :a portion, of channel form in cross-section, at one side, and also having an opening in said channel ort'imi; of a tire clenchirig band surrounding and seatedflin the channel portion-of the body and having lugs adjacent to itsends and disposed the said opening in the channel portion of the body, and a fastener pivoted to the bod and having plortions for-engaging the sai lugs and also aving aportion for closing the o"en= iipg at the side of the channel portion o the 0d 7. 111 a wheel-rim, thecombination with abody having a portion, of channel form in cross-section, at one sideand also having an. opening in said channel portion one of the walls of which is rounded; of a tire-clenchin band surroundin and s'eated in the channdl portion of the b0 y and having lugs adjacent to its ends and dis osed in the's'aid opening in the channel portion of the body, and a fas 'ten'er pivoted to the bodyand having por= ing' a portibn.

engage the lugs of the band and therebytions for engaging the said lugs and also hi1"? i e 1 3o lugs adjacent to its ends and disposed in the body having a retainingflange at one side ing portions arranged to engage the lu of I band having lugs adjacent to its ends dis= f-ro side of the channel portion of the body, one end of which portion is concave to snugly'fit the rounded Wall of the opening inthe body. 8. In a wheel, the combination of a felly, a tire. having ribs or enlargementsfat posite sides, and a rim interposed between t e felly and the tire and comprising a body having a V retaining-flange at one side receiving one rib or-enlargement ofthe'tire and also having at its opposite side aportion of, channel form in cross-section inwhich is an opening, a tireclenching bandsurrounding and seated in theehannel portion of the body and having' lugs adjaoent to its ends disposed in 'the the openin at the-side of 'thetchannel por-- tion of the odyQ r i In testimony vwhereof I have hereunto set my hand presence of two SIIbSCIlblIlg Wit-- ne sses.

GEORGE SHUGERS;

Witnesses:

M. AECKHART, FRED N. COATS. 

